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Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick'Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.
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All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar system. What do they tell us about the origins of life?JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common in the solar system.
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Rare 'daytime fireball' meteor creates powerful sonic boom as 7-ton space rock explodes above eastern USA fridge-size space rock spectacularly broke apart over Ohio at 40,000 mph, creating a loud boom and a "fireball" that shone in the bright blue daytime sky. The rare sight, which exploded with the equivalent force of 250 tons of TNT, was also seen from space.
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'A collision within a collision': Neutron star merger hiding in mini-galaxy could answer 2 big astrophysics questionsA powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a collision" could help answer multiple astrophysics questions, researchers say.
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'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations revealThe comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.
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Universe-shaking collision of black hole and neutron star could upend our understanding of monster cosmic mergersThe catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major theory about how these extreme pairs form.
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Falling meteorite smashes hole in roof of German house after spectacular 'fireball' explosion over EuropeA German town has been peppered by meteorites after a stunning "fireball" exploded in the skies over central Europe. One extraterrestrial fragment landed in a bedroom after punching a soccer ball-size hole through the building's roof.
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Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holesA new paper makes the strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics.
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Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planetsA new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random.
